athlon1800 peter # emerge -pu kdelibs These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r7 [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r3 [3.3.2-r2] athlon1800 peter # Why is kde depended on gentoo-dev-sources? I already have a kernel and kernel-sources which I don't want to update/upgrade at this moment. But kde seems to require it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -pu kdelibs 2. 3. Expected Results: only kdelibs upgrade no gentoo-dev-sources athlon1800 peter # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.8-gentoo-r10 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r10 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.9 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 7 2005, 18:37:37)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.9.4, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.22 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups encode f77 fam flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang softmmu spell ssl tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts xml2 xmms xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY athlon1800 peter # emerge -dpu kdelibs These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies Parent: None Depstring: kde-base/kdelibs Candidates: ['kde-base/kdelibs'] ebuild: kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r3 binpkg: None - Parent: ebuild / kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r3 merge Depstring: arts? ( ~kde-base/arts-1.3.2 ) >=x11-libs/qt-3.3.3 app-arch/bzip2 >=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.4 >=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.6 >=dev-libs/libpcre-4.2 ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7d ) alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib virtual/alsa ) cups? ( >=net-print/cups-1.1.19 ) ldap? ( >=net-nds/openldap-2.1.26 ) tiff? ( media-libs/tiff ) spell? ( || ( app-text/aspell app-text/ispell ) ) kerberos? ( virtual/krb5 ) virtual/fam virtual/ghostscript media-libs/libart_lgpl net-dns/libidn sys-devel/gettext >=sys-devel/autoconf-2.58 >=sys-devel/automake-1.8 doc? ( app-doc/doxygen ) !kde-misc/kgamma !bootstrap? ( sys-devel/patch ) >=sys-devel/automake-1.7.0 sys-devel/autoconf sys-devel/make dev-util/pkgconfig dev-lang/perl ~kde-base/kde-env-3 !bootstrap? ( sys-devel/patch ) !bootstrap? ( sys-devel/patch ) arts? ( ~kde-base/arts-1.3.2 ) >=x11-libs/qt-3.3.3 app-arch/bzip2 >=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.4 >=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.6 >=dev-libs/libpcre-4.2 ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7d ) alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib virtual/alsa ) cups? ( >=net-print/cups-1.1.19 ) ldap? ( >=net-nds/openldap-2.1.26 ) tiff? ( media-libs/tiff ) spell? ( || ( app-text/aspell app-text/ispell ) ) kerberos? ( virtual/krb5 ) virtual/fam virtual/ghostscript media-libs/libart_lgpl net-dns/libidn sys-devel/gettext ~kde-base/kde-env-3 Candidates: ['>=sys-devel/autoconf-2.58', '>=net-print/cups-1.1.19', 'dev-util/pkgconfig', '>=sys-devel/automake-1.7.0', '>=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.4', 'app-text/ghostscript', '>=sys-devel/automake-1.8', 'sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources', 'sys-devel/patch', 'app-arch/bzip2', 'media-libs/alsa-lib', '>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.6', 'media-libs/libart_lgpl', 'app-admin/fam', '>=dev-libs/libpcre-4.2', 'sys-devel/make', 'media-libs/tiff', '>=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7d', 'dev-lang/perl', 'net-dns/libidn', 'sys-devel/gettext', 'app-text/aspell', '~kde-base/kde-env-3', '!kde-misc/kgamma', '>=x11-libs/qt-3.3.3', 'sys-devel/autoconf'] ebuild: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r6 binpkg: None \ebuild: net-print/cups-1.1.23-r1 binpkg: None |ebuild: dev-util/pkgconfig-0.15.0 binpkg: None /ebuild: sys-devel/automake-1.9.4 binpkg: None -ebuild: dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.12 binpkg: None \ebuild: app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r8 binpkg: None |ebuild: sys-devel/automake-1.9.4 binpkg: None ebuild: sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r7 binpkg: None / Parent: ebuild / sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r7 merge Depstring: !build? ( sys-apps/sed >=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.31 ) doc? ( app-text/docbook-sgml-utils ) !build? ( sys-apps/sed >=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.31 ) doc? ( app-text/docbook-sgml-utils ) !build? ( >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2 sys-devel/make ) Candidates: ['sys-apps/sed', '>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2', 'sys-devel/make', '>=sys-devel/binutils-2.11.90.0.31'] ebuild: sys-apps/sed-4.1.2 binpkg: None -ebuild: sys-libs/ncurses-5.4-r5 binpkg: None \ebuild: sys-devel/make-3.80-r1 binpkg: None |ebuild: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r2 binpkg: None /Exiting... ebuild / sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r7 merge ebuild: sys-devel/patch-2.5.9-r1 binpkg: None -ebuild: app-arch/bzip2-1.0.2-r4 binpkg: None \ebuild: media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.8 binpkg: None |ebuild: dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.17 binpkg: None \ebuild: media-libs/libart_lgpl-2.3.16 binpkg: None -ebuild: app-admin/fam-2.7.0-r2 binpkg: None /ebuild: dev-libs/libpcre-5.0 binpkg: None |ebuild: sys-devel/make-3.80-r1 binpkg: None ebuild: media-libs/tiff-3.7.1-r1 binpkg: None \ebuild: dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7e binpkg: None -ebuild: dev-lang/perl-5.8.6-r2 binpkg: None /ebuild: net-dns/libidn-0.5.13 binpkg: None |ebuild: sys-devel/gettext-0.14.1 binpkg: None \ebuild: app-text/aspell-0.60.2 binpkg: None -ebuild: kde-base/kde-env-3-r3 binpkg: None /Myparent ebuild / kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r3 merge |ebuild: x11-libs/qt-3.3.4-r2 binpkg: None \ebuild: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r6 binpkg: None Exiting... ebuild / kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r3 merge Exiting... None ...done! [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r7 [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r3 [3.3.2-r2] athlon1800 peter #
athlon1800 peter # emerge -pu world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r7 athlon1800 peter # emerge -pDu world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r7 [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r3 [3.3.2-r2] [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdebase-3.3.2-r2 [3.3.2-r1] [ebuild U ] kde-base/kdegraphics-3.3.2-r2 [3.3.0] athlon1800 peter #
It's an indirect dependency. Do `emerge -pte kdelibs` and you'll see the whole tree. If you don't want to update the kernel, do `emerge kdelibs`. But it's a good idea to update the kernel, since there were a number of kernel vulnerabilities the last weeks/months.